COMMENTARY--Recently, Rick Lehrbaum, my colleague at LinuxDevices.com, wrote about his transition from a Windows desktop to a Linux desktop. For me, the switch from Windows to Linux came two years ago ...

If your embedded system doesn't need networking and storage, porting Linux to your hardware may not be worth the effort. I was originally skeptical about how much Linux had to offer the embedded ...

The Linux operating system is free; you can download it without paying any licensing fees. You can use it in the home, you can run a business on it, even a data centre. You can embed it within tiny ...

No hard drives to re-organize, no dual-boot setup—just pop an Ubuntu desktop CD in while Windows is running, and you'll get an option to install Ubuntu—inside Windows. Basically, a program called Wubi ...

In today's open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews Arch Linux. Plus: SuperTux 0.4.0 has been released. And how to hack Linux with the backspace key Arch Linux has a devoted user base that enjoys the ...

Announcements from the likes of Philips Semiconductors, Infineon Technologies and Samsung Electronics have begun to flow from the 3GSM World Congress show regarding Linux use in the cellular space.

Also in today's open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and some Pirate Bay visitors have been infected with crypto-ransomware Social media isn’t my cup of tea, but many Linux users ...